Line Combos: Simmonds Appreciation

[Twine Tickler]

I love how when Wayner scored last night he came back to the bench and looked down at Jack and was trying to fire him up. I'm not sure what he said to him, but it had to be something along the lines of "we got you". you just can't have enough of those type of guys in the lineup. Feel bad for Wayne, he was firing on all cylinders and had a fluky injury stop him dead in his tracks. No question he has struggled a bit coming back, but so did JT a year ago with a similar injury. His emotion is everything Leafs fans crave, and it looks to be rubbing off. AM34 and Mitch have always had a swagger, but they are playing with so much heart. Hard to believe a guy like Simmer isn't a bit of a part of that

 

[CanadasTeam]

If we get more of Simmonds from last night, great.
if we get more of Simmonds from the past 2 months, oof.

For sure. Mind you he hasn't been playing the past 2 months, only four weeks since his 6-week injury time off and seems to be healing nicely and back to his normal self again (i.e. grumpy/agitated, throwing hits, barks at opponents, etc.)

Glad he was on the ice when Dubois piled on top of Campbell, nothing would've have happened otherwise.

There's a short list of guys who'd even dare to flip-a-Lucic move (earlier this month):



I won't be surprised if he drops the gloves in one of the upcoming games (Habs/Canucks).

 

[jaric1862]

I think day one of the playoffs, this is what we see (I think Spezza and Simmonds rotate in)

Foligno-Matthews-Marner
Galchenyuk-Tavares-Nylander
Mikheyev-Nash-Hyman
Thornton-Kerfoot-Simmonds/Spezza

Rielly-Brodie
Muzzin-Holl
Sandin-Bogosian

Andersen
Campbell

 

[CanadasTeam]

I still think he is being hampered by his injury and why he hasn’t been throwing down.

He can still keep the douches honest though, and he did exactly that last night.

Seems he really hurt that hand/wrist but signs show things are getting back to norm.

 

[Joey Hoser]

Have to admit, while I like him, I haven't been all that impressed by Simmonds so far this year. Thought he had lost a gear.

Seems to have it back now, right before the playoffs, which is perfect.

 

[crump]

The jump is back, the power in his shot is back. Just stay healthy now for the playoffs.

 

[justloveleafs]

Leafs to win. All of it.

Heard it from a guy who gives me the super bowls, hates hockey.

As, I said, they set the odds, when the Leafs lost five straight.

Luck got nuthin to do with it.

Its all arranged.